Kept Secrets - A podcast about overcoming childhood (sexual) abuse

In this episode, I discuss trauma bonding. I will give specific examples from my past and how bonding happened with my abuser. I even explain the difference between Stockholm Syndrome and trauma bonding. I hope you will find this episode valuable.

Let’s talk about what happened when Tom, my main abuser, reached out to me via social media. This has been a recent event in my life and I talk about the way that it’s affected me emotionally over the past couple of weeks. This episode is a little longer than normal, but I do dive into the history that Tom and I had and the trauma bond that I experience.

Hello!! I’m back with a catch up episode. A lot has changed this past year. I talk about how my trauma and PTSD have been affected by weight loss surgery, job loss and my new daily life.

If you have ever felt guilt and shame about being abused, you will want to listen to this episode. I talk about my own feelings and how I was able to work through freeing myself of the guilt and shame from the truama.

In this episode, I will tell you about a few ways to show yourself self-care after trauma. Self-care is so important in our healing! (I'm still working on sound stuff. I'm sorry for any of the background noise you hear!)

In this episode, I will discuss an online article and give you some personal examples of how I was able to reach my inner child and work with her.

In this episode, I will discuss the Menendez Brother's case and why children don't talk or tell about abuse. Then, I discuss my opinion on both cases and link them together.

In this episode I will talk about signs of repressing your traumatic memories. I use a few personal examples. I hope it's helpful.

This episode discusses how we dissociate and the longer-term problems that occur in our lives.

Let’s talk about the link between trauma and dissociation.

A quick update on feelings and anxieties about returning to where my healing began in 2007.

In this episode, I discuss symptoms of codependency and how to escape it.

In this episode, I will give examples of flashbacks and things that you can do to cope. I will also discuss personal experience.

Part 2 about Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. I give personal experiences and discuss treatment options.

In this episode, I give some detail about what PTSD is like for me.

Previously recorded but not shared on Spotify.

This episode is Julie’s story. It’s crazy how much she and I have in common. Take a listen!

This is our FIRST listener story! Anna’s story is a powerful story. You have to listen!

In this episode, I will give 6 ways you can help boost your self-esteem

In this episode, I will talk about low self-esteem and see if we have it

In this episode I will give some examples of the long-term side effects that I personally struggle with and a little more…

In this episode, I will discuss why we may have issues in our adult relationships. I also give some examples.

In this episode, I will talk about reasons why kids don’t tell anyone when they are sexually abused.

And this episode, I will talk about five different adult behaviors of someone that has experienced trauma as a child. I will also give a few examples of my own.

In this episode, I will give examples of what you can do (and what I did) to find and nurture my inner child.